Community Partners

Core Faculty Co-IsCollege/SchoolResearch FocusKey WordsCommunity Partners
Courtney CaiolaNursing (CON)Addressing social and structural determinants of health for women at risk for or living with chronic illnessMaternal/Child Health, Health Equity, HIV, Opioid Use Disorder

  • Community Advisory Board of persons with lived experience from eastern and central NC

  • Duke, UNC, ECU Health Medical Clinics
Alice RichmanHealth & Human Performance (HHP)Cancer health disparitiesRural Health Equity, HPV Vaccination, Access to Care, Digital Equity

  • American

  • Health Departments across 5 ENC counties

  • FQHCs in Hertford County and across NC

  • SoDM Community Service Learning Centers

  • Public Libraries

  • ECU Health, Eastern Radiology, Carolina Breast Imaging

  • Narrative Arts (non-profit)

  • Duke Endowment
Lauren SastreAllied Health Sciences (CAHS)Optimizing implementation science to identify efficient and effective Food as Medicine programming to address chronic diseasesChronic Disease, Food Insecurity & Assistance, Diet, Food and Nutrition, Medically Underinsured/ Underserved

  • NC Association of Free and Charitable Clinics

  • Society of St. Andrew

  • Rural Churches denominations) and Community Centers (different groups) in 21 counties in ENC

  • Duke Endowment

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Rukiyah Van DrossMedicine
(BSOM)
Development of cancer therapeuticsColon Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy, Early Exposure to STEMM

  • Regional HBCUs (NCCU, ECSU)

  • North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC)

  • Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC)

  • MedSurgPI

  • North Carolina Central University

  • Elizabeth City State University
Wanda WrightDental Medicine
(SoDM)
Oral public health disparitiesAccess to Dental Care, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Geofencing, Community-Academic Partnerships

  • Public Schools: Bertie & Jones County

  • Bertie County & Jones County Health Departments

  • Duke Endowment

  • SoDM Community Service Learning Centers
Jessica Cooke BaileyPharmacology & ToxicologyDisparities in vision health and careVision Health Disparities

  • ECU Health Ophthalmology

  • Joy Community Center & Soup Kitchen, Greenville

  • Cleveland, Ohio

  • Kingston Public Hospital, Jamaica

Partners’ Locations across the Globe

Partners’ Locations in North Carolina